Blue Reality recipe
Vodka, apple juice and blue curaçao, built over ice in a highball glass, garnished with a slice of lemon.
By Kris Barton · Updated - 2 mins total
- 4 ingredients
- Highball glass
What Ingredients do you need to make a Blue Reality?
Vodka
We compared 12 different brands of Vodka and determined that Smirnoff was the overall best option. Given the current climate with Russia, that may seem like a questionable choice, but Smirnoff isn’t made in Russia, it’s made all over the world.
It actually has a history of Russian persecution and the creators were forced to flee Russia.
Blue Curaçao
Blue Curaçao is a liqueur flavoured with the dried peel of the Laraha citrus fruit, which is then artificially coloured blue for effect.
It’s a great ingredient to use in cocktails because it pretty much has everything you could ever want as a cocktail mixer:
- It has an enticing colour.
- It has a bitter orange taste that blends well with most flavours.
- It has a great amount of alcohol in it.
(You can read more about Blue Curacao here, in our dedicated article)
For Blue Curacao, we recommend:
What Equipment do you need to make a Blue Reality?
Highball Glass
Highball Glasses are the most common glasses in the cocktail world. You can put most cocktails in there from the Long Island Iced Tea to a Bay Breeze.
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Recipe card
Blue Reality
- Prep
- 1 min
- Making
- 1 min
- Total
- 2 mins
- Serves
- 1
- Glass
- Highball glass
Ingredients
Makes 1 drink.
Method
- Add ice, vodka, apple juice, and blue curaçao to a highball glass.
- Garnish with a slice of lemon.
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Blue Reality FAQs
What Ingredients do you need to make a Blue Reality?
To make a Blue Reality, you need 45ml / 1.5oz vodka, 150ml / 5.1oz apple juice and 25ml / 0.8oz blue curaçao, plus a slice of lemon to garnish. There’s more about vodka and blue curaçao above.
What Equipment do you need to make a Blue Reality?
You’ll need a highball glass.
What alcohol is in a Blue Reality?
A Blue Reality contains 45ml / 1.5oz vodka and 25ml / 0.8oz blue curaçao.
Is a Blue Reality shaken or stirred?
Neither. A Blue Reality is built straight in a highball glass: pour the ingredients over ice and serve. No shaker needed.
What glass is a Blue Reality served in?
Serve a Blue Reality in a highball glass.
How do you garnish a Blue Reality?
Garnish a Blue Reality with a slice of lemon.
How do I make a Blue Reality for a group?
The recipe makes one drink. Multiply every measure by the number of drinks you want: for 4, you’d need 180ml vodka, 600ml apple juice and 100ml blue curaçao. Build each drink in its own glass.
